Good fishing forecast for Zululand

Fishing along this stretch has for the last week been quite poor owing to some adverse weather conditions. However, there are still reports of some Couta, Dorado and Yellowfin Tunny when conditions allow. Forecast for the weekend looks very favorable with low swell and light winds predicted which is a good mix for the Vidal and Sodwana areas. A little further south, there are still good reports of big Snoek coming out at Mapelane. This could be the venue for the week end as not only Snoek but there are also reports of some Couta and Sailfish activity there during the week.

North Coast & Durban 

After experiencing a period of clean warm water, persistent NE winds brought in a stream of cold green water which had adverse effects on fishing in this area and caused frustration amongst anglers. Last week end only sporadic reports of the odd Tunny filtered through but as the week progressed conditions started stabilizing and better catches of mainly Tunny were being reported and even a Sailfish was landed off Durban. 

South Coast

Much the same conditions were experienced along this stretch as was in Durban and the North Coast. During the latter part of the week conditions improved and better reports of fish came from the Aliwal Shoal and Park Rynie areas. Huge shoals of Ignoblis Kingfish were seen by divers along the Shoal but to date no reports of any being landed were reported. 

Yellowfin Tunny and the odd big Wahoo made up the catches. To date there are no reports of Couta but it should not be too long before this area produces some fish. Forecast for this week end are looking good and this area should produce some fish. Further south, the Port Edward area is still producing some good catches of Cape Yellowtail and general bottom fishing here is also good with good catches of Reds and Rockcod.

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